Ep. 36 - Amy Duddleston "Mare of Easttown"

Amy Duddleston is the editor of the new critically-acclaimed HBO limited series Mare of Easttown. Amy chats with Max on the challenges shooting a series with several characters, ensuring the audience was following an incredibly complex murder case, and collaborating with creator Brad Ingelsby and director Craig Zobel. Starring Kate Winslet as the titular character, a detective named Mare Sheehan in a Philadelphia suburb investigates the recent murder of a teenage mother while trying to keep her own life from falling apart. Mare is a local hero, having been the star of a high-school basketball championship game 25 years ago. She has also been unable to solve the case of another missing young girl for a year, leading many in the community to doubt her detective skills. Her personal troubles include a divorce, a son lost to suicide, and an ex-heroin addict former daughter-in-law battling for custody of Mare's grandson. Amy's previous credits include the television series Hunters, Vida, American Odyssey, Dexter, In Treatment, The Killing and Big Love. Her past film credits include Nothing Like the Holidays, High Art, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Laurel Canyon, and Gus Van Sant's Pyscho.